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Tunbridge Wells District Governor
Briefing
Autumn 2017
Welcome
Agenda
1.Welcome and outline of the meeting- Julia Durcan -
Area Governance Officer , West Kent.
2. Jared Nehra, Area Education Officer- Presentation on
latest educational updates for planning and provision within
the district.
3.Tel German, Senior Improvement Adviser- Presentation
on educational performance at district, regional and
national levels for primary and secondary.
4.The Kent Governance Association (KGA) updates from
David Hill/ Deborah Bruce.
5.In The News- Latest updates- Julia Durcan.
6.Close.
Polite Reminders !
• Housekeeping
• Paper free !
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Tunbridge Wells Governor Briefing:
Area Education Officer Update
25 September 2017
Jared Nehra – Area Education Officer (West Kent)
Discussion Topics
• Commissioning Update
• General Updates – School Complaints
• National Funding Formula
• KCC’s New Education Services Company
• Review of High Needs Funding - Update
• Q&A
• Reviewing ‘KCP’ for 2018-22. Publication expected November
2017.
• Previous Plan forecasting accuracy was as follows:
– Year R: Tunbridge Wells -0.4%, Kent overall +0.1%
– Year 7: Tunbridge Wells +2.9%, Kent overall 0.0%
Note: KCP = Kent Commissioning Plan for Education Provision – a five-year
strategic plan, updated annually
Education Commissioning Plan
Housing
• TWBC’s Strategic Housing Market Assessment identified a need for
12,960 new dwellings between 2013-2033. This equates to 648 per
year; previously this was 6,000 dwellings or 300 per year.
• ‘Issues and Options’ consultation for a new Local Plan covering
growth to 2033 outlined five broad options for how the Borough
might deliver housing growth:
– Option 1: Focused Growth
– Option 2: Semi-dispersed Growth
– Option 3: Dispersed Growth
– Option 4: Growth Corridor-led Approach
– Option 5: New Settlement Growth
• Demand from consented housing developments such as Paddock
Wood and Hawkenbury Farm developments.
Primary
• Short term:
– Relocation and expansion of St. Peter’s CEPS onto Hawkenbury
Farm development for 2019-20
– New 2FE Primary Free (application approved – Tenax) in
Paddock Wood school set to open in 2020-21
– Benenden CEPS – relocation and minor expansion (PSBP2)
• Medium term (2019 and beyond):
– Skinners’ Kent Primary School has the scope to expand to 2FE
as local demand increases
Note: New housing arising from Local Plan process not included!
School Commissioning: Mainstream
Secondary
• Forecasts indicate significant Year 7 place pressure, with the need
for 8FE of additional provision for September 2018, rising to more
than 11FE within 5 years.
• 6FE new provision delayed until at least 2020-21, necessitating the
expansion of existing schools for 2018/19 and 2019/20:
– TW ‘urban’ area to offer 190 temporary Year 7 places in 2018-19
– 5FE permanent and 90 places temporary provision for 2019/20
• Weald of Kent Annexe (Sevenoaks) has helped to reduce pressure
for girls’ selective places
NOTE: new housing arising from Local Plan process not included!
School Commissioning: Mainstream
• KCC’s model complaints policy for maintained schools has been
updated in the light of feedback from governing bodies over the last
year. The changes include:
– a summary of appropriate routes for particular types of complaint
at the beginning of the model policy to aid clarity.
– a reference to governing body reciprocal agreements and a
cross-reference to the model policy “Dealing with Complaints
Against Schools and Settings made by Parents on Social Media
Networking Sites”, as this is increasingly a feature of parental
complaints.
http://www.kelsi.org.uk/school-management/complaints
General updates – School Complaints
National Funding Formula
• NFF rates applied to individual school budgets and then aggregated
up to LA level
• LA still operates a local formula
• Kent set to receive an additional £50m over the next 2 years (£28m
in 2018-19, £22m in 2019-20)
• Gains are capped at 3% per annum, but every school attracts a
0.5% increase
• DfE have also set minimum funding levels from 2019-20; £3,500 for
Primary schools (£3,300 in 2018-19) and £4,800 for Secondary
schools (£4,600 in 2018-19)
• Decisions on what each school will receive will be taken later this
Autumn at Schools’ Funding Forum and informed by an all school
consultation
Introducing…….
The Education People
KCC’s New Education Services
Company
Sept 2017
Update
• Soft launch 8th November at the EduKent Expo – from this
date the company will be operating in shadow form.
• Launch – 1st April 2018
• Stakeholder and Partnership Board for Heads and Governors
reps has now been set up and is operational
The Education People Company
Objectives
• To ensure we achieve the long-term sustainability of Education
Services in Kent for the benefit of Kent Schools
• To maintain and enhance the partnership between KCC and
schools, allowing schools to have a greater influence in how
services deliver and continuing the focus on improving
outcomes for children and young people
• To realise the new opportunities for growth in traded Education
Services to better support the delivery of high-quality statutory
services and re-invest profit back into the services.
The Education People – Core offer
• The Education People will key deliver services to schools and
settings that are funded by KCC. These are:
– School improvement
– Early Years & Childcare
– Governor Support
– Educational Psychology
– Education Safeguarding
– Outdoor Education advisory, as well as the provision of
Outdoor Education Centres
The Education People – Future
Developments
• As well as delivering services on behalf of KCC, The
Education People will develop new traded products to support
the delivery of outcomes in schools
• New cross-service products, supporting schools in delivering
high quality education and making the most of resources
• Working closely with schools and settings to design and
develop services, and jointly evaluate success.
Review of High Needs Funding - Update
Overarching Aims of the Review
• The high needs top up budget needs to be more predictable
and more closely linked to patterns of need
• The budget must continue to fund the top up required by
schools to support the pupils with the most complex needs
that would otherwise warrant statutory assessment
• The budget must also be used well in tandem with other
resources such as LIFT to get the best outcomes for pupils
• As the increase in HNF is not sustainable we need to explore
new models of funding
Review Findings
• The demand for HNF does not always follow a pattern related
to pupil profile and levels of need across the schools
• Wide variations in uses and access to HNF in schools across
the county
• Over-reliance on one to one TA support as the major
intervention for pupils
• More inclusive schools with whole school approaches to SEN
make less demand on HNF
• Training for staff is needed to raise capacity in schools to
address ASD, S&L and SEMH
• Schools have different understandings of ‘normally available
resource’ and the use of ‘best endeavours’ to support pupils
with SEN
• Effectiveness and impact of provision through High Needs
Funding is variable re pupil outcomes
• Need to re-visit the criteria and decision making process for
HNF to ensure resources are allocated and spent on the most
effective interventions
Findings of the Review
Findings of the Review
• Schools with similar characteristics (Size, IDACI, Prior
Attainment) have very contrasting numbers of High Needs
funded pupils, some of which are out of line with the patterns or
trends for most other similar schools
• Four groups of schools have emerged: very inclusive schools
with good SEN provision that make little demand on HNF;
schools that make appropriate levels of demand on HNF and
use it well; schools that over rely on HNF and 1:1 TA support
and do not always have the most effective interventions;
schools that make very little use of HNF, do not always engage
in LIFT and may not have effective SEN provision.
High Needs Funding
Primary School examples:
Pupil Numbers
High Needs Numbers
Percentage
School A 109 8 7.3%
School B 102 2 2.0%
School C 141 0 0.0%
Small schools with low levels of Notional SEN
Small schools with high levels of Notional SEN
Pupil Numbers
High Needs Numbers
Percentage
School A 148 9 6.1%
School B 119 3 2.5%
School C 198 1 0.5%
High Needs Funding
Primary School examples:
Pupil Numbers
High Needs Numbers
Percentage
School A 459 25 5.4%
School B 454 11 2.4%
School C 482 3 0.6%
Large schools with low levels of Notional SEN
Large schools with high levels of Notional SEN
Pupil Numbers
High Needs Numbers
Percentage
School A 422 27 6.4%
School B 405 7 1.7%
School C 415 2 0.5%
Next Steps HNF Review
• Report on HNF review findings and proposed changes to be
shared with the Schools Funding Forum in October
• Findings and proposed changes to be shared and discussed
with schools at Heads Briefings in November and at meetings
with KAH
• Support for the recommendations will be aided by the LIFT
process offering more training, resources and assessment
tools to schools
• Changes to funding need to fall into line with the National
Funding formula changes from April 2018
Q & A
• Questions?
Primary Schools’ Update
Tel German
Senior Improvement Adviser
2017 Floor Standard The floor standard is the minimum standard for pupil attainment and / or progress that the
government expects schools to meet. To be above the floor, the school needs to meet
either the attainment or all of the progress elements.
at least 65% of pupils meet the expected standard in English reading, English writing
and mathematics;
or
the school achieves sufficient progress scores in all three subjects. At least -5 in
English reading, -5 in mathematics and -7 in English writing.
NB: No school will be confirmed as being below the floor or coasting until December
2017 when schools’ performance tables are published
The attainment element is a combined measure. This means an individual pupil
needs to meet the ‘expected standard’ in English reading, English writing and
mathematics, in order to be counted towards the attainment element.
To meet the progress element a school needs to have sufficient progress scores in
English reading, and English writing, and mathematics. There is no measure of
‘sufficient progress’ for individual pupils.
EYFS – Area/District
% reaching a Good Level of Development
(GLD)
National 70.7
Kent 74.3
West Kent 76.3
Maidstone 73.8
Tonbridge & Malling 78.0
Tunbridge Wells 78.2
Year 1 Phonics
Kent has continued to improve outcomes
in Phonics in 2017 by 0.5%.
82.1% of pupils met the expected
standard, compared with 81.2% nationally.
Kent has improved outcomes in phonics
by 4% since 2015 (national improvement
rate 4.2%).
Phonics – Area/District
2017 Year 1 Phonics % 32+
National 81.2
Kent 82.1
West Kent 84.7
Maidstone 82.9
Tonbridge & Malling 85.8
Tunbridge Wells 86.1
Key Stage 1 Attainment
Kent has also performed above the national average
for every indicator at Key Stage 1.
% reaching
or exceeding
the expected standard
English Reading
English Writing
Mathematics
National 75.5 68.2 75.1
Kent 78.8 72.3 78.4
Key Stage 1 – Area/District
% reaching or
exceeding the expected standard
English Reading
English Writing
Mathematics
National 75.5 68.2 75.1
Kent 78.8 72.3 78.4
West Kent 81.3 74.5 80.8
Maidstone 78.5 72.5 78.4
Tonbridge & Malling 83.5 78.2 83.3
Tunbridge Wells 82.6 72.7 81.3
Key Stage 2 Attainment
Kent performed above or in line with the national
average for all indicators.
% reaching
or
exceeding
the
expected
standard
R, W, M
combined
English
Reading
English
Writing
Grammar,
Punctuation
and Spelling
Mathematics
National 61 71 76 77 75
Kent 64 74 80 76 76
Key Stage 2 Attainment
% reaching or exceeding
the expected standard
R, W, M
comb
English
Reading
English
Writing Mathematics GPS
National 61.0 71.0 76.0 77.0 75.0
Kent 64.4 74.2 80.4 75.7 76.0
West Kent 66.5 76.0 82.3 76.8 77.8
Maidstone 63.0 73.3 79.4 73.8 74.9
Tonbridge & Malling 68.1 76.7 84.2 79.3 80.2
Tunbridge Wells 69.7 79.2 84.0 78.2 78.8
Kent vs Statistical Neighbours % Pupils Achieving
Expected
Standard - RWM
A Higher Standard
- RWM
Expected Standard -
Reading Test
A High Score -
Reading Test
Expected Standard - Grammar,
Punctuation, Spelling Test
A High Score - Grammar,
Punctuation, Spelling Test
Expected Standard - Maths Test
A High Score - Maths Test
Average Scaled Score -
Reading Test
Average Scaled Score - Grammar,
Punctuation, Spelling Test
Average Scaled Score - Maths Test
Kent 64 9 74 27 76 30 76 23 105 106 104
East Sussex 57 5 71 24 71 23 70 17 104 104 103
Essex 63 10 73 25 79 32 76 23 104 106 104
Lancashire 60 8 70 23 77 28 75 20 104 106 104
Northamptonshire 56 7 68 20 73 25 70 17 103 105 103
Nottinghamshire 61 8 71 24 77 29 75 22 104 105 104
Staffordshire 63 9 74 25 78 31 76 22 104 106 104
Swindon 61 8 72 25 78 30 76 20 104 106 104
Warwickshire 62 10 72 28 77 32 74 23 105 106 104
West Sussex 55 5 70 25 74 25 71 19 104 105 103
Worcestershire 57 8 70 24 72 26 70 20 104 105 103
National 61 9 71 25 77 31 75 23 104 106 104
Kent's Ranked Position (1=top, 11=bottom)
1 3 1 2 7 4 1 1 1 1 1
School Improvement Allocation
Good + schools - 2 visits + reports
RI or potential RI - 3 visits + reports
SCC or potential SCC - 8 visits + reports
Academies/Free Schools - No visits, offered to
Trusts for purchase
Area Improvement Advisers
Senior Improvement Adviser
Tel German
Improvement Advisers
Penny Bowles, Matt Dickson, Keith Homewood,
Noureddin Khassal
Area Governance Officer
Julia Durcan
Senior Early Years Adviser
Polly Sharman
School Inspections
House of Commons Library Briefing Paper
Background on Ofsted inspections of state-funded
schools in England
Recent developments in school inspection
Secondary Schools’ Update
2017 Outcomes
• There are significant changes to national performance
measures in 2017
• Basics (standard pass in English and mathematics
Grade 4/Grade C)
• Comparisons with performance in 2016 are difficult to
make, given that this year sees the implementation of
new grades in Maths and English and more demanding
examinations
• This will be further compounded when the Basics
measure that will be reported in the DfE October release
this year will use the threshold of grade 5 (Strong Pass)
or higher
2017 Outcomes The figures stated have been made using grade 4 (standard pass) to
allow comparison with results from previous years
• This shows a positive picture in Kent the Basics
measure introduced last year – standard pass in English
and mathematics Grade 4/Grade C passes show an
increase of 1.3% to 65%
• The national figure for 2017 Basics is not yet available.
So far, 40% (32 schools) of Kent schools have reported
improvement on their 2016 performance in this measure
• Last year 41.2% of schools exceeded the Basics
National Average (63.3%), currently this year 43.8 % of
schools have exceeded last year’s figure
50.0
52.0
54.0
56.0
58.0
60.0
62.0
64.0
66.0
2015 2016 2017
PER
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YEAR
Basics - standard pass in English and Maths (Grade 4/Grade C)
Kent Nat
Outcomes 2017
All 2017 figures are provisional and unvalidated:
Attainment 8
• Based on a return sample of 80 (of 97 available schools
returning GCSE outcomes this year):
• 17% (12 schools) have reported an increase in their
attainment 8 score
• 84% (59 schools) have reported a fall in their attainment
8 score
• Compared with 2016 there has been an overall decline
in attainment 8 performance from 50.4 to 48.2
47.0
47.5
48.0
48.5
49.0
49.5
50.0
50.5
51.0
2015 2016 2017
ATT
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YEAR
Attainment 8
Kent Nat
• There has also been a slight fall in the headline Ebacc
measure. This year it is 29.1 % from 29.9% last year
• So far, 32.5% (26 schools) schools have reported
performance above the 2016 national average in this
measure.
2017 Outcomes
• 5 or more standard passes, including English and
mathematics
• Performance in the old measure, the percentage of
pupils achieving 5 or more GCSE grades A*-C (standard
passes) including English and mathematics, is more
positive at 62.2%.
• This is above last year’s figure of 59.0% and the 2016
national average 57.7%
• So far, 52.5% (42 schools) schools have met or
exceeded their 2016 performance in this measure
• Progress 8 figures will be published by the DfE in
October 2017
2017 Outcomes
54.0
55.0
56.0
57.0
58.0
59.0
60.0
61.0
62.0
63.0
2015 2016 2017
PER
CEN
TAG
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YEAR
Percentage of pupils achieving 5 standard passes including English and Mathematics
Kent Nat
Priorities for Secondary Governors
• Comparisons of school outcomes including school group performance, against those groups nationally
• Evidence of the impact of intervention and strategies to improve disadvantaged pupils performance
• Effectiveness of 16-19 programmes, including destinations and independent advice and guidance
• Website compliance, Policies updated and evident in school practice, eg. Keeping Children Safe in Education, Prevent - strategies in place (and tested)
• Safeguarding issues including attendance, use of part-time timetables and Quality Assurance of offsite provision
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Tunbridge Wells KGA Representatives
Deborah Bruce- [email protected]
David Hill - [email protected]
KGA
Kent Governance
Association
• New Chair appointed in September – Mrs Janice
Brooke
• Work with the Kent Association of Headteachers on the
Kent Leadership Strategy continue to develop
• KGA are to work with Governor Services this year to
develop a Chairs’ Forum/support network.
• KGA Assembly Meeting 30th October at Oakwood
House 7pm-9pm
Kent Governance Association
In the News, Discussion & Networking
DfE updates
• Academies Financial Handbook
• Get Information about Schools ( Edubase)
https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/
• STPCD 2017 and updated guidance for maintained
schools
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa
ds/attachment_data/file/636389/School_teachers__pay
_and_conditions_document_2017.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reviewing
-and-revising-school-teachers-pay
In the News, Discussion & Networking
DfE updates continued
• Constitution of governing bodies of maintained schools –
1st Sept.
• Exclusion from maintained schools, academies and pupil
referral units in England effective from 1st Sept
Ofsted updates
• School inspection Update newsletter Sept17
• https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/
attachment_data/file/643178/SIU_special_edition_5_Sep
tember_final.pdf
• Changes to Inspection framework from term 2
• Ofsted consultation
In the News, Discussion & Networking
• Compare performance
https://www.compare-school-
performance.service.gov.uk/compare-
schools?phase=primary&selectPhase=true
Link on website
https://www.gov.uk/school-performance-tables
Interpretation guidance
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/school-
performance-tables-about-the-data
In the News, Discussion & Networking
• KCC Model Safeguarding Policy updated from Sept 17
• KCC E- Safety Policy updated from Sept 17
GDPR- are you ready for May 25th 2018? Webinar link below
• https://www.brownejacobson.com/education/training-and-
resources/training-videos/2017/09/how-to-implement-gdpr-in-
your-school-hear-from-dai-durbridge-and-helena-wootton
Kelsi GDPR link
• http://www.kelsi.org.uk/school-management/data-and-
reporting/access-to-information/the-general-data-protection-
regulation-gdpr
Kelsi Data protection policy, templates and procedures
• http://www.kelsi.org.uk/school-management/data-and-
reporting/access-to-information/the-data-protection-act-1998
In the News, Discussion & Networking
Kelsi Governor Updated Resources
http://www.kelsi.org.uk/policies-and-guidance/clerks-
resources
• Code of conduct
• Monitoring policies for circle model
• Monitoring policy for committee based model
• Circle model terms of reference
Remember
• Finance governor succession planning
• Clerks CPD Performance Management
• SGOSS recruitment drive Kent & Medway
In the News, Discussion & Networking Services under our SLA and SI SLA
http://www.edukent.co.uk/images/uploads/article_stock/Governor_Servi
ces_SLA_2017_FINAL_130617.pdf
• Minute reviews, Board observations
• Projects and activities
• Reviews of Governance
Bespoke training courses including
• Self Evaluation for Good Governance
• Effective monitoring visits
• Ofsted preparation, 1hr and 2hr sessions
• Challenge & Impact
• Packtypes- Getting the best from your team, 1 hr session
• Responsibilities under the Handbook & Competency knowledge &
skills required, 3hr session
NGA updates The NGA has released the following resources and
latest guidance
Draft expenses policies; Ofsted inspection of schools Q&A;
Knowing your head; Removing elected governors;
Governing board annual report to parents; Model code of
conduct 2017; Website information; Knowing your school;
Managing your headteacher; Positive relationships
between head and chair; Teacher workload; Monitoring
performance; Naming names in minutes; whistleblowing;
school leaders and governing boards, what do we expect of
each other; the future of school governance; clerking- a
professional role
https://www.nga.org.uk/Membership/Membership-
types.aspx
Governors' Conference
'Governance - Adapting for the Future‘ Thursday 19 October 2017
Graham Willetts – Education Services Company
Mark Cole – HMI Ofsted – Outstanding governance
Lee Milller – Adaption governance models
Ali Body – CCCU- Bridging the ever decreasing funding
gap with creative fundraising,
Linda Pickles – Strategic Vision & Values
Ashford International Hotel,
9.15 – 13.30
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